Senior Planning Engineer

ATKINSREALIS OVERSEAS - ABU DHABI; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Annual leave balance

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus program

Annual flight contribution

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee Wellbeing Program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer in Dubai to lead project planning across large-scale developments. You will review baselines, monitor progress, and prepare look-ahead schedules while coordinating with engineers, contractors and clients to drive on-time delivery.

The role requires 10+ years in planning/controls, Primavera P6 proficiency and a commitment to best practices in scheduling, reporting and risk management within complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls: baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, dashboards and reporting.
• Primavera P6 certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, milestones and sequencing.
• Monitor progress against approved baselines and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare short- and long-term look-ahead schedules for execution and resource planning.
• Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints and delivery impacts.
• Conduct delay analysis and support EOT assessments and claims evaluation.
• Review contractor progress reports, recovery plans and revised schedules.
• Develop project dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics, and schedule performance analyses.
• Coordinate with engineers, construction managers, contractors and client reps to validate progress data.
• Monitor activities across engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning for alignment with schedules.
• Identify deviations and suggest mitigation and acceleration strategies.
• Support project controls, risk management, forecasting and change management.
• Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with executive summaries and schedule analysis.
• Participate in project review meetings and stakeholder workshops.

Skills

Primavera P6

Project controls

Schedule analysis

Look-ahead planning

EOT support

Progress dashboards

Reporting

Baseline programmes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Description Overview

Seeking an experienced Planning Engineer / Senior Planning Engineer with a strong background in project planning, scheduling, and project controls for large-scale construction developments, including mixed-use, residential, commercial, villa, and townhouse projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing project schedules, monitoring progress, conducting delay and risk analyses, preparing reports, and providing planning support to ensure the successful delivery of projects. The role requires close collaboration with clients, contractors, consultants, and other project stakeholders to drive project performance and achieve key milestones.

Your role

Review and assess contractors' baseline schedules for compliance with contract requirements, project milestones, and construction sequencing. Monitor project progress and performance against approved baseline programmes and recommend corrective actions as required. Prepare and review short-term and long-term look-ahead schedules to support project execution and resource planning. Analyze schedule risks, critical paths, constraints, and potential impacts on project delivery. Conduct delay analysis and provide support for Extension of Time (EOT) assessments and claims evaluation. Review and validate contractor progress reports, recovery plans, and revised schedules. Develop project dashboards, KPI reports, earned value metrics, and schedule performance analyses. Coordinate with resident engineers, construction managers, contractors, and client representatives to collect and validate progress data. Monitor engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities to ensure alignment with project schedules. Identify schedule deviations and proactively recommend mitigation and acceleration strategies. Support project controls, risk management, forecasting, and change management processes. Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports with clear executive summaries and schedule analysis. Participate in project review meetings, progress meetings, and stakeholder workshops. Ensure planning and reporting activities comply with contractual requirements, consultant procedures, and industry best practices. Review schedule impacts associated with design changes, variations, procurement issues, and site constraints. Assist in project closeout planning, testing and commissioning schedules, and handover milestones.

About you

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent. Primavera P6 capability/certification preferred. Minimum 10 years of experience in Planning and Controls Baseline programme review, progress monitoring, look-ahead schedules, delay analysis, EOT support, progress dashboards and reporting.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. This includes:

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and technology. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.